Home Minden Soaring Club Forum Note: Registration to this site or Forum is by request only!     FAQ    Search  Register     Log in  Soaring weather December 4 2009          Minden Soaring Club Forum Forum Index -> Doug Armstrong's famous Soaring Forecast View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message skybird Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 519 Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:47 am    Post subject: Soaring weather December 4 2009 Hi folks, Today...CONGRATS and special HAPPY BIRTHDAY salute to Henry Combs who turns 93 today... spotty soft wave/wavelets developing for local soaring area with complex weather pattern as cold Canadian air mass pushes south thru PACNW into northern Great Basin while some moisture undercutting strong eastern Pacific high bleeding into northern CA and Sierra... Virginia pk......(elev 8299 ft ASL).....W 28 -34 mph...temp 35 F... Slide mtn........(elev 9,694 ft ASL).....NW 18-28 mph...temp 36 F...RH 11%... Mt Warren...(elev 12,327 ft ASL).....NW 22-26 mph...temp 25 F...RH 24%... White mtn.....(elev 14,246 ft ASL).....missing Barcroft RC..(elev 12,410 ft ASL).....WNW 9-16 mph...temp 25 F...RH 25% Trend...COLDER ARCTIC air mass settling into Great Basin during weekend developing light snow and "unsettled weather"... of course...(I'm dreamin of a White Christmas...with every Christmas card I write)... Please note...NWS Reno folks just put the early November time lapse of ACSL lenticular wave cloud into their Soaring Info...GREAT JOB... now you can look at it any time...!!.. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/fcst/srgrev.php. Also...a documentary on "Gordon's 2061 km Sierra wave flight"...it can easily be considered a worthwhile "tutorial" for Sierra wave soaring...you can see this computer friendly video version by accessing either of these websites: You can buy from Gordon's site: http://sierramountaingallery.com/ Or at HD Soaring: http://hdsoaring.blogspot.com/ MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS...Doug Armstrong Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Minden Soaring Club Forum Forum Index -> Doug Armstrong's famous Soaring Forecast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Airport----------------General DiscussionRunway 21 Motor-gliding----------------DG 400DG 800ASH 26 Classifieds----------------GlidersMotor glidersMotor Weather----------------Doug Armstrong's famous Soaring Forecast Humor----------------Humor Safety----------------General discussion General Aviation----------------VLJ's  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum phpBB component v1.2.4 RC2 by Adam van Dongen. Based on phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group